2. I recently received an email related to Force Ranking. It said … “I am currently working at [a company] for few yrs, and yes, I am suffering in the “forced ranking” system. After 1.5 yr from your article which talked about forced ranking, today is 2007- 5 – 27, our team is breaking down into a mess, ppl started to protect themselves, fighting each other rather than helping each other; poor management team : political competitions happen anytime anyday, and kissing boss’s ass will get a better position; The [company] stock price drops, always hear the rumour of [larger company in Redmond] will buy [our company]. Our so-called “innovations process” never reached the outstanding result as [a competing company], it is just a way for ppl to getting a better KPI (annual review), to avoid falling into the bottom 10%. Let’s see how/what [this company] will turn to be…u bet?

I have a pretty good idea how this is going to turn out. Maybe not soon, but if the system forces don’t change, it’s only a matter of time.

3. In Multi-use Models I mention how the feedback control loop model can be used for personal problem solving. I used the example of losing weight. It works! I’ve lost 30 pounds since I wrote the blog entry. Another 4.5 kilos and I’ll be at my goal.